ACT Scores Show Wide Gaps Across Local Districts
Schools across Heights District 170 post varied ACT results with Homewood-Flossmoor leading at 23.1 though down 1.6 from last year. Rich Township 227 and Bloom Township 206 near the bottom, Hillcrest 228 drops to 19.9, Crete-Monee 2010 at 21.4, Beecher with 20.4 but corrected to 24.9 after reporting errors.
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Page Heights Heights
Homewood-Flossmoor High School
Rich Township
Bloom Township
Hillcrest High School
Bremen
Crete-Monee
Beecher
Pree
Columen on students and Homebase program details
Dorothy Rich outlines 10 achievement qualities including confidence and teamwork. Workshops begin January 18 and occur biweekly, with the Homebase program placing middle schoolers in 25 minute non academic sessions twice weekly to foster nurturing teacher relationships and advocate for each student. Board opts not to appoint new officers as elections are set for March.
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Dorothy Rich
The
and School Institute
Crawford
Marine tally prepare for something like this
Pere remarks on a looming tally as Brooks Young, eighth grade math teacher and assistant principal for Pienias, describes him in detail.
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Pere
Brooks Young
Pienias
Park Forest police add mobile data terminals in cars
Park Forest Police Department upgrades with mobile data terminals in all marked squad cars. The Motorola systems link officers to Springfield police information, speeding checks on licenses plates and driver licenses. Dispatchers join patrols via computer screens, boosting efficiency and reducing delays.
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Tamara Sharman
Park Forest Police Department
Springfield
Motorola
Ment
Minors Department
Criminal ‘Justice Information Authority
Park Forest
John Lancaster
Lancaster
Adios
Pienias to be buried with full military honors
The Marine Corps announced on Tuesday that Pienias will receive full military honors including a gun salute at burial. An obituary notes he graduated from Crete-Monee High School in 1991.
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Ted
Marine Corps
Pienias
Crete-Monee High School
Shorter contracts eyed for Robbins incinerator deal
Reading Energy Co seeks community backing by offering five year options alongside a 20 year plan for the trash to energy facility in Robbins. Nine towns have rejected the plan and nine more undecided while South Suburban agencies weigh if shorter terms can secure funding.
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Bil Senwingel
Robbins
Reading Energy Co
South Suburban Solid Waste Agency
Reading Energy
Reading
Jim DiBiasi
Robins
DiBiasi
South Holland
Tinley Park
Nig DiBiasi
Ruyle
Solid Waste Agency
East Hazel Crest
Midlothian
Flossmoor
Glenwood
Posen
Frankfort
Homewood
Lynwood
Tinley
Dixmoor
Hazel Cressark Forest
Phoenix
Sauk Village
Thornton
University Park
Crenshaw murder probe continues in Will County
Will County Undersheriff says no definite suspects have been pinpointed in the Crenshaw murder case. Investigators are reviewing all leads after Dollie Crenshaw was found dead at her Crete Township home and later determined to have died from strangulation and stab wounds. The body was found in her burned Cadillac in Chicago, with authorities considering whether she died at home or in transit.
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Tamara Sharman
Will County Sheriff's Police
Crenshaw
Cedar Lane
Crete Township
Mayron Crenshaw
Chicago
42Nd and Langley
Cook County Medical Examiner
Ofice
Chicago Police Department
Hernandez
Andere
Crenahan
Victorian Christmas Concert at Crete’s Willard Wood Center
The Crete Area Historical Society sponsors a holiday concert titled A Victorian Christmas at Willard Wood Center from 3 to 5 pm on Dec. 5 as part of Country Christmas weekend. An afternoon of seasonal music from the past features dulcimer hurdy gurdy autoharp lute guitar and recorders with refreshments at intermission. Tickets are $4.50 at Willard Wood.
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Crete Park District
Willard Wood Center
Crete Area
Greeting cards offered by Crete society for holidaying
The Crete Area Historical Society offers Christmas cards for 6 dollars per package of 20. The cards show a century old Main Street house with a photo and a back note about the home. Cards are sold at Maddrill Wright Dry Goods, The Farmers Daughter, and at society meetings.
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Main Street
Crete
Illinois
Maddrill & Wright Dry Goods Store
Farmer’s Daughter
Historical Society
Commodities distribution set at Monee Township Hall
Monee Township schedules a distribution of general surplus commodities from 9 to 10 30 a m Wednesday at the township hall on Egyptian Trail 26121 Applicants must be Monee Township residents and registered and present registration cards at distribution Recipients must be low income Monee Township residents not reprieved call 534 6020 Monday through Friday for eligibility All registration for Wednesday distribution must be completed by Tuesday
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Monee Township
Egyptian Trail
Monee
Education Week kicks off with statewide celebration theme
Education Week 73rd year emphasizes better schools for tomorrow with co sponsors NEA US Department of Education ASCA and NSPRA. Crete Monee schools host week long activities highlighting staff impact on District 2010 students and the community. Events include community leader luncheons education association reception and a family reading night with Secretary of State George Ryan.
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Crete-Monee
Crete-Monee Education Association
Board of Education
Illinois
George Ryan
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Country Club Hills
Ford Heights
Richton Park
Dollie Crenshaw
Will County
Tom Hernandez
Willard Wood
Crete Area Historical Society
National Education Association
U.S. Department of Education, the
Association of School Administrators
National School Publc Relations Association
LCS Salle
Arne
Richard Chew
Star Newspapers
Chicago Heights
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